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Re: [OM] IMG: Thursday Butterfly

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Thursday Butterfly
From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:45:20 -0700
>
> I like both versions. Seeing the environment helps place the context
> of the expanded version. I can  almost smell the air in the first one.
>

    I've been thinking about this comment of yours, and realised that with
wildflowers we commonly take a "species" photo, which is the flower itself,
as well as an "environment" photo, which is the entire plant and it's nearby
surroundings.  I didn't think that environment photos would pertain to
butterflies as well.

    I recently picked up a copy of "Wildflowers of the Plateau & Canyon
Country" by Larry Ulrich and Susan Lamb.  In it, he has additional photos
that show the surrounding landscape of some of his subjects, putting them in
a very broad perspective.  Seeing these flowers with backdrops of red
sandstone cliffs or distant mountains makes the plant itself all the more
attractive.

Chris

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